The Grand Jury of San Diego issued a report of this title yesterday. Also, at yesterday’s GFOA (Government Finance Officers Association) business meeting, the group voted that the Government Accounting Standards Board should stay away from the topic of sustainability. … Continue Reading →
See this post on Reuters for discussion about Antioch, latest city in California to talk bankruptcy. There is a bill, sponsored by state senator Mendoza, AB155, that would require cities to go through the state (via the California Debt and… Continue Reading →
The Illinois Comptroller’s April report is scary reading. The state is $4.5 billion in arrears on payments to vendors and others (like school districts and service providers) with no end in sight. The Comptroller expects 2011 to be worse. The following chart… Continue Reading →
I read this news story with a “ho hum” since their debt is to the county until I saw that they have $10 million utility debt that they are trying to reduce with a Chapter 9 filing? Iowa is one… Continue Reading →
Add Xenia Rural Water District’s to the short but growing list of over-leveraged municipal borrowers. With $143 million in debt and about 9,000 customers, the unfolding socio-gram includes bondholders, bond insurers CIFG and Assured Guaranty, the US Department of Agriculture,… Continue Reading →
An article about upstate New York town of Kingston and their discussion of fiscal stress, union contracts and the debate over Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
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